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{{Quote|a formal [[document]] describing roles, responsibilities, [[standard]]s, and enforcement mechanisms with regard to a particular issue.<ref>[https://wiki.internet2.edu/confluence/display/itsg2/Glossary Information Security Guide 2 - Glossary.]</ref>}}
 
{{Quote|a formal [[document]] describing roles, responsibilities, [[standard]]s, and enforcement mechanisms with regard to a particular issue.<ref>[https://wiki.internet2.edu/confluence/display/itsg2/Glossary Information Security Guide 2 - Glossary.]</ref>}}
   
{{Quote|[t]he principles and values that guide the performance of a duty. A policy is not a statement of what must be done in a particular situation. Rather, it is a statement of guiding principles that should be followed in activities that are directed toward the attainment of goals.<ref>[[U.S. Department of Justice]], Minimum Criminal Intelligence Training Standards for Law Enforcement and Other Criminal Justice Agencies in the United States (Ver. 2) (Oct. 2007) ([http://www.iir.com/Information_Sharing/global/resource/products/minimum_criminal_intel_training_standards.pdf full-text]).</ref>}}
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{{Quote|[t]he principles and values that guide the performance of a duty. A policy is not a statement of what must be done in a particular situation. Rather, it is a statement of guiding principles that should be followed in activities that are directed toward the attainment of goals.<ref>[[U.S. Department of Justice]], Minimum Criminal Intelligence Training Standards for Law Enforcement and Other Criminal Justice Agencies in the United States 43 (Ver. 2) (Oct. 2007) ([http://www.iir.com/Information_Sharing/global/resource/products/minimum_criminal_intel_training_standards.pdf full-text]).</ref>}}
   
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Revision as of 15:29, 17 April 2011

Definition

A policy is

a formal document describing roles, responsibilities, standards, and enforcement mechanisms with regard to a particular issue.[1]
[t]he principles and values that guide the performance of a duty. A policy is not a statement of what must be done in a particular situation. Rather, it is a statement of guiding principles that should be followed in activities that are directed toward the attainment of goals.[2]

References

  1. Information Security Guide 2 - Glossary.
  2. U.S. Department of Justice, Minimum Criminal Intelligence Training Standards for Law Enforcement and Other Criminal Justice Agencies in the United States 43 (Ver. 2) (Oct. 2007) (full-text).